Toy pistol



(Model.)

J. M. KEEP TOY PISTOL. No. 263,048. Patented Aug. 2Q.i 1882.

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JAMES M. KEEP, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSINOR T() ROBERT FOULDS, OF PASSAIG,NEW JERSEY.

TOY PlSTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,048, dated August22, 1882.

Application filed April 22, 188'2. (Model.)

To all whom fit may concer/iz Re it known that I, JAMES M. KEEP, of NewYork city, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- 1o Figure l is aperspective View of the upper side ot' my improved pistol. Fig. 2 isalike view of the lower side of the same. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section of said toy with the hammer raised and set, andFig. 4 is a like view of the same with the hammer in its normalposition.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the igures.

The design of my invention is to produce, in

2o a simple, inexpensive, and ornamental form, a toy pistol for use inexploding caps; and it consists in the construction and combination ofparts, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

z 5 In the annexed drawings, A represents the body or frame of mypistol, the main part of which is straight, while its rear end is turneddownward in a curve, so as to form a handle, a, as shown. The lower sideof the frame A 3o is provided with a longitudinal recess, a', and from apoint in rear ofthe front end to a point near the commencement of thehandle a said groove is extended through said frame and forms a slot,a2. Near the rear end ofthe slot (t2 are provided a couple otllugs, a3,which extend upward upon opposite sides of the same, and are connectedby means of a round crossbar, a4, as shown in Fig. l, while near thefront end of said slot a second bar, c5, extends 4o across the lowerside of said frame, as seen in Fig. 2.

Pivoted upon the cross-bar d4 is a hammer, B, which is preferably madein the form of an alligator, with its lowerjaw, b, adapted to impingeupon an anvil, a6, which is provided at the front end of the frame A,and has a recessed or cnpshaped face. The hind legs, b',

of the alligator extend in a curve downward through the rear end of theslot a? and operate as a trigger, while its tail b2 has a rearward 5oand upward curve, and serves as a means for raising said hammer.

Within the groove a2 is placed a dat spring, C, which extends frombeneath the anvil a rearward over the cross-bar a5, and terminatesslightly in rear of the cross-bar a4, where it bears upon a lug, b3,which extends downward from the hind legs, b', of the alligator, formingthe hammer B. The location ot the bearing b3 with relation to thepivotal bearing a4 is 6o such as to cause the upward pressure of thespring O to hold the front end of the ham mer B with a considerablepressure upon the anvil aG, and, if said hammer is raised and liberated,to cause it to impinge with sulicient force upon said anvil to explode apercussion'cap placed thereon. Said bearing b3 is also arranged so thatwhen said hammer is Y raised to its limit of motion it will receive thepressure of said spring directly in a line with 7o said pivotal bearinga4, and will operate to lock said hammer in such raised or cocked7position, from which position said hammer may be released by aslightrearward pressure upon the trigger b.

In order that the hammer may be readily placed in or removed fromposition, the pivotal bearing a4 is contained within a half-round recessthat is formed in the upper side ot' the hind legs, b', the constructionpermitting of 8o the ready insertion of said hammer into place, where itis kept by the upward pressure of tbe spring C. The spring C requires nofastening, being automatically held in place within the groove a2,between the cross-bar a5 and the 8 5 front end of the frame A.

In constructingthe pistoleach part is adapted to the others, and may bereadily placed in or removed from position, no rivets or screws beingemployed in the device. 9o

While the form of an alligator is preferably employed for the hammer, itwill be seen that the forms of other animals, fishes, or fowls areequally applicable. Consequently I do notcontine myselt'toanyspecialform forsaid hammer. 95

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s In a toy pistol, the hammer B, trigger b', Intestimonythatclaimthe foregoinghave 1o thumb-piece or set b2, and studb3, cast in hereunto set my hand this 11th day of April, one piece, andhaving a. rounded notch orA 1882. bearing between the parts b and b2,il1combi- 5 nation with the frame A, having raised lugs a3, connected bythe fulcrum-bar a, and spring Witnesses: (1,2111 constructed andcombined to operate JOHN HOGAN, substantially in the manner and for thepuri J. E. STEVENSON. pose herein shown and specified.

J. M. KEEP.

